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    Learn how to provide better service to distance information users!This book is the result of the conference held in May, 2004 in Scottsdale, Arizona, focusing on librarians' challenges providing service to nontraditional faculty and students. Respected authorities discuss in detail specific problemsand fresh strategies and solutionsto further promote service to distance information users. Each ... Read more

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  • The Sinking of the Prince of Wales & Repulse

    The End of the Battleship Era

    The author of The First Day on the Somme recounts the sinking of two British Royal Navy ships by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.On the third day of the war with Japan, two Royal Navy capital ships were sunk off Malaya by air torpedo attack. They had not requested the air support that could have saved them and 840 men died in the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser ... Read more

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  • The Fenian Empire

    A Hemispheric History of Irish Republican Nationalism

    Series Book 12 - The Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series
    A bold new exploration of Fenian revolutionary activity across the AmericasIn the aftermath of the American Civil War, the Fenian movement stood at a crossroads. Thousands of demobilized Irish soldiers held the power to reshape history. Inspired by a popular desire to expel monarchical and aristocratic influence from the New World, many American Fenians began to align their efforts to establish an ... Read more

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  • Leadership Strategies for Promoting Social Responsibility in Higher Education

    Series Book 24 - Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning
    In keeping with the phenomena of globalization and privatization of education institutions and the ever-growing competition in the higher education industry, many higher education institutions are adopting a corporate approach in the changing face of the industry. Institutions are discovering the importance of corporate image, identity, and reputation and the use of corporate social responsibility ... Read more

    $95.99 USD

  • Civil Society and Social Responsibility in Higher Education

    International Perspectives on Curriculum and Teaching Development

    Series Book 21 - Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning
    As an increasing number of universities across the world focus efforts on giving back to the communities they exist in, there is now a growing appetite for information, examples, and case studies of best practice for social responsibility in Higher Education. This volume explores different angles of sustainability, university corporate social responsibility, and the role of civil society in the ... Read more

    $109.89 USD

  • University-Community Partnerships for Promoting Social Responsibility in Higher Education

    Series Book 23 - Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning
    The role of universities is not only restricted to knowledge exchange, higher education institutions also play a leading role in the development of society, and should engage as active members of their local communities. This book provides empirical evidence on how some universities have shifted social responsibility to be one of their primary focuses, and have engaged with society to enhance ... Read more

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  • International Perspectives on Policies, Practices & Pedagogies for Promoting Social Responsibility in Higher Education

    Series Book 32 - Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning
    Universities are no longer functioning in isolation but are preparing to be agents of social change by actively involving students in community life beyond the classroom. This book explores social responsibility and education, looking to social ethics theory and the value proposition of higher education institutions.Understanding that pedagogies that are based on the inculcation of social ... Read more

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    Many of Canada's foremost career practitioners have contributed to this unique textbook for students of career development - the first to describe the principles and ethical practice of career development in a Canadian context, and to examine the development and maturing of the profession in Canada. Designed with content, resources, and activities to be a learning tool for students, a resource for ... Read more

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    How the Scots-Irish Shaped America

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  • Lowering Higher Education

    The Rise of Corporate Universities and the Fall of Liberal Education

    What happens to the liberal arts and science education when universities attempt to sell it as a form of job training? In Lowering Higher Education, a follow-up to their provocative 2007 book Ivory Tower Blues, James E. Côté and Anton L. Allahar explore the subverted 'idea of the university' and the forces that have set adrift the mission of these institutions. Côté and Allahar connect the ... Read more

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